The Justice Department has launched what it describes as its final wave of lawsuits challenging state and local laws that allow undocumented students to access in-state tuition and related higher-education benefits. The new suits target Hawaii, Arkansas, Utah, and the District of Columbia, extending a litigation campaign with potentially significant consequences for immigration policy, public university systems, and the balance
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit dealt a notable setback to the Trump administration by blocking an effort to keep a Michigan coal-fired power plant operating under claimed emergency authority. In siding with a coalition of states and environmental groups, the court concluded there was no genuine emergency sufficient to justify extraordinary federal intervention.

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Founded in August 2026 by former lawyer Brig Ricks, SaaS Tracker helps legal and operations teams keep on top of changing software terms, privacy policies and online contracts, using AI […]
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US multinational law firm Latham & Watkins has bought Nvidia GPU servers and started customising its own AI models, the Financial Times revealed yesterday (11 September). Latham, the US’s second-largest […]
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A New York federal judge has ordered a new trial for Cognizant Technology Solutions after an employee won an $8.4 million verdict on claims that he was fired for reporting pro-Indian hiring bias. In a notable post-trial ruling, the court concluded that allowing the verdict to stand would amount to a “miscarriage of justice,” wiping away what had been a
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From : Blog Entry >> Damian’s Blog EntryPlease enjoy this blog post co-authored by Damian Priamurskiy, Legal Project Manager, Lowenstein Sandler LLP and Julianne Kasprzyk Crowley, Paralegal Manager, Investment Management, Lowenstein Sandler LLP. For much of the past century, the organizational chart of large law firms has had one shape: a pyramid, partners at the apex, associates below climbing
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The Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s latest entry in IPR2026-00273 is a scheduling order, not a merits decision—but practitioners should not dismiss it as routine. In PTAB practice, the scheduling order is often the document that quietly defines the real shape of the case: deadlines, sequencing, and the procedural framework that will govern how the parties present their evidence and
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A coalition of labor unions has reached a settlement in principle with the Trump administration in California federal court over litigation challenging layoffs carried out at federal agencies during the 2025 government shutdown. While the final terms have not yet been detailed publicly, the agreement appears to pause what had become a closely watched dispute over how far the executive
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